Comments on: No shortage of plans for Troy’s River Streethttp://blog.timesunion.com/realestate/no-shortage-of-plans-for-troys-river-street/8797/
Real estate, development and retail in New York's Capital RegionFri, 22 Sep 2017 20:36:19 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5By: mubhttp://blog.timesunion.com/realestate/no-shortage-of-plans-for-troys-river-street/8797/#comment-21533
Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:21:47 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/realestate/?p=8797#comment-21533#4, I don’t know when you have been to the waterfront area by the World Trade center but I have been there at least 3 times in the last 3 years and it is jumping with people.Out door restaurant was packed, people were going out on charter boats from there. It was filled with walkers and roller bladers.The esplanade has been extend south to the Battery, there is a vary unusal monument(?) built to commemorate the Irish that was well attended. I think the area there will get even more attention as the Highline Park expands.
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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:52:34 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/realestate/?p=8797#comment-21525Casey, didn’t mean to jump, I guess it shows how people can have different views of the same thing. At least over the last 5 years I have observed the Battery Park area as very vibrant, lead by the access to water.

As a former Trojan thanks for what you are doing now.

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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:28:23 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/realestate/?p=8797#comment-21522It wouldn’t have taken long at all Elmer. I understand the costs involved in buying the lot, tearing down the church, paving, getting a security camera or two to make it safe, insurance, etc etc. But long-term, I and anyone else would have made that money back. Parking lots are a stable business, by the way, with an average annual return of 8%. So, Elmer, you do the math.

Kevin, exactly my point. you would’ve paid more than the $100 too. The city is doing itself and its residents and injustice by not putting it out for bid, that’s my point.

2nd John Hedley is a Saint, we get it. And as long as he doesn’t mind people complaining about being gouged in his name then it’s all good.

3rd Do in Troy??? Standing ovation?? Lost me there.

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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:35:25 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/realestate/?p=8797#comment-21516@ 10 – if by little time you mean 2 years spent working in building one of the World Financial Center then sure… I like you as a poster and I can understand why you would jump at me about mentioning it but here you’re off the mark.

@ 17 – bought a house in Downtown Troy in October, pay taxes, lease the first floor to an established Troy business, shop primarily downtown…

I’m not saying don’t develop Troy- I like what is being done in the Congress corridor to bring in students and businesses. I support what they’re going to be putting in at the site of the old city hall. And that’s because they’re well thought out plans that took into account the city/neighborhood that they already have and try to fit into it. First Columbia’s 25 block neighborhood plan does neither of those things- it looks like the suburban dream in Troy.

I’ve asked a couple of people but they didn’t know- the vacant towers along the rt 2 bridge… Has anyone heard of any plans to do anything with them?

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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:49:57 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/realestate/?p=8797#comment-21479First, all the people that commented, I have a question; What have you personally done to make the City of Troy a better place?

2nd, John Hedley loves and has hleped Troy like it was one of his own kids!

3rd, First Columbia is a very good company that had two goals in mind! one, of course to make money, but second, to do in Troy! They have invested 10’s of millions, and want to do more. I personally don’t understand people that live or have lived in Troy not giving them a standing ovation!!!

stop commenting, and start making a difference!

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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:03:12 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/realestate/?p=8797#comment-21457HokieMom you obviously know the history of Troy well unlike some other people that have commeted. John Hedley is the sole reason the CluettPeabody building ever got renovated so its fitting that it keep his name. And #7 J.Welf Kittner never did anything with that building so in my opion it should remain the Marshall Ray bldg. After all Marshall Ray and CluettPeabody are two of the main reasons Troy is called “The Collar City”
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:37:31 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/realestate/?p=8797#comment-21446I would have paid $150.
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:19:10 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/realestate/?p=8797#comment-21445correction: 3rd sentence, not 3rd question
“No wonder why folks get confused.”
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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:16:08 +0000http://blog.timesunion.com/realestate/?p=8797#comment-21444@12—I’m withya Elmer. To clarify, my 3rd question from that post was related to a different blog article where folks were being ripped apart for blaming Hedley’s greed for the $5 parking charge.
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